
CVE catalog
CVE-2018-9336
openvpn: CVE-2018-9336
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.59% · Oct 25, 2026
openvpnserv.exe (aka the interactive service helper) in OpenVPN 2.4.x before 2.4.6 allows a local attacker to cause a double-free of memory by sending a malformed request to the interactive service. This could cause a denial-of-service through memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact including privilege escalation.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openvpn | sid | 2.7.8-1 | not affected |
| Debian | openvpn | forky | 2.7.8-1 | not affected |
| Debian | openvpn | trixie | 2.6.14-1+deb13u3 | not affected |
| Debian | openvpn | trixie-security | 2.6.14-1+deb13u3 | not affected |
| Debian | openvpn | bookworm | 2.6.14-0+deb12u2 | not affected |
| Debian | openvpn | bookworm-security | 2.6.14-0+deb12u2 | not affected |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.10 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.11 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.12 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.13 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.14 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.15 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.16 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.17 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.18 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.19 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.20 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.21 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.22 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.23 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | openvpn | 3.24 | 2.4.6-r0 | fixed |
| Suse | openvpn | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 2.4.3-5.3.19 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openvpn | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openvpn | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openvpn | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openvpn | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.10 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.11 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.12 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.13 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.14 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.15 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.16 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.17 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.18 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.19 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.20 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.21 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.22 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.23 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Alpine | openvpn | apk | 3.24 | 2.4.6-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336 | Not reported |
| Suse | openvpn | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 2.4.3-5.3.19 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1888-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [openvpn]Unknown
Details (4)
2.6.14-0+deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · openvpn · debian · bookworm
2.6.14-0+deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · openvpn · debian · bookworm
2.6.14-0+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · openvpn · debian · bookworm
2.6.14-0+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · openvpn · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_1888-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-9336]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1888-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-9336]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]